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Trial reportInfection control and hospital epidemiology2023

Impact of alcohol-based hand-rub disinfection on bacterial bioburden on stethoscopes in a real-world clinical setting.

Alexandra A Johnson, Bobby G Warren, Deverick J Anderson, Melissa D Johnson, Isabella Gamez, Becky A Smith

Open access · hybridAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Infection control and hospital epidemiology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 31% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Alexandra A JohnsonDuke Center for Antimicrobial Stewardship and Infection Prevention, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina.
Bobby G WarrenDuke Center for Antimicrobial Stewardship and Infection Prevention, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina.
Deverick J AndersonDuke Center for Antimicrobial Stewardship and Infection Prevention, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6882-5496
Melissa D JohnsonDuke Center for Antimicrobial Stewardship and Infection Prevention, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6606-9460
Isabella GamezDuke Center for Antimicrobial Stewardship and Infection Prevention, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina.
Becky A SmithDuke Center for Antimicrobial Stewardship and Infection Prevention, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2115-0019
Duke University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this randomized study, use of alcohol-based hand-rub disinfection significantly reduced bacterial bioburden of stethoscopes in routine clinical use. Prior cleaning of stethoscopes on the study day did not affect baseline contamination rates, which suggests that the efficacy of alcohol disinfection is short-lived and may need to be repeated between patients.

Indexed as

DisinfectionStethoscopes2-PropanolBacteriaEthanolHand DisinfectionHumans2-PropanolEthanol

Identifiers

PMID35403584
PMCPMC10262157
OpenAlexW4223448380

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